Ministers of Estonia's outgoing government are to receive a benefit equaling six months' pay, totaling €33,975.
A government minister's monthly salary is €5,662 and upon leaving office, a benefit of €33,975 will be paid out to each of them, spokespeople for the government said.
The benefit will only be paid to the ministers who will neither take up a seat in the parliament nor start work in the incoming government.
The ministers who are joining the parliament will not receive the benefit; instead, they will earn a monthly salary of a parliament member amounting to €4,330 with their reimbursement of expenses totaling up to one-third of the monthly remuneration.